Finance Score: -3

Governance Score: 3

Support Score: 0

Volatile income: -3
No PartB

No volunteer policy: -2
No conflicts policy: -1
Dynamic board: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Large volunteers +5

Overall GiG Score: 5

FRIENDS OF CASTLE CARY COMMUNITY LIBRARY.

To advance the education of the public in Castle Cary, Ansford and the surrounding areas by the operation and management of a Community Library.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been very successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

Although this charity works with volunteers it does not have a Volunteer Management policy
This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
Income has been volatile recently

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?

Sources of Income ?

Y/E	Income	Spending	Surplus/ Deficit	Volun- teers
31/03/23	£11,886	£11,368	£518	20
31/03/22	£14,354	£13,811	£543	27
31/03/21	£30,773	£9,030	£21,743	27
30/03/20	£15,856	£10,295	£5,561	30

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 5 years

friendscccl@gmail.com

07813628447

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Education/Training
General Charitable Purposes

GiG Classification

Museums, parks, historical sites

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information

Where it operates

Somerset,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Elderly/Old People
Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
People With Disabilities
The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
20 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

DOUGLAS CROSSE Appointed: 2023

DAVID WILLIAM TERRY Appointed: 2020

DR KATHERINE SHINGLER Appointed: 2022

MARY EIRENE GRAY Appointed: 2022

PROFESSOR WILLIAM HENRY TOULMIN VAUGHAN Appointed: 2020

ANDREW PETER MARSDEN Appointed: 2020, Other trusteeships: GALHAMPTON VILLAGE HALL & PLAYING FIELD, GALHAMPTON VILLAGE HALL AND PLAYING FIELD CIO,

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 06/11/2018, number: 1180566

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Complaints policy and procedures
Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Filing Record

4 returns made; all on time

Main office

10 Priory View
CASTLE CARY
Somerset
BA7 7DX

Objectives

(1) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN PARTICULAR BY THE PROVISION OF LIBRARY FACILITIES AND SERVICES FOR LEARNING, FOR INFORMATION, ADVICE AND OTHER RELATED LIBRARY PROVISION FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE RESIDENTS AND THE WIDER COMMUNITY IN CASTLE CARY, ANSFORD AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS.

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